The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-26

long 1t is the only one Of the kind ever
seen in this country, and is thought to be q
sea-fowl which had got lost. Ii is believed
to be one of the large spoon-bitls which live
/ on the seaShOres
w. S. Walton, of Baconton has on his
parlor floor a carpet with somewhat OF q
history attached to it. In the first year OF
at Montgomery, Ala. The Presidents man
sion was rented house belonging to Col.
! Harrison President Davis occupied it as
| long as tho capital remained at Montgomery
and when it was moved to Richmond, Mrs.
| Waltons father, Willis K. Galloway. pur-
| chased the house and some of the furniture.
! Among other things bought was this carpet,
which he afterwards gave to his daughter,
who has kept it ever since as a sacred relic
of the lost cause.
| Adjt Gen. Kell received Saturday from
the War Department at Washington a COM
| municatiOn notifying him OF the receipt OF
| the various acquisitions for arms and ammu-
! milton made by the State under the general
! act appropl'iating 800 900 among the militia
! of the States The Adjutant was informrd
| that his orders had been filed, and the guns
and ammunition were now on the way to
| their proper destination. The companies
who will receive the benefit from these or
| ders are commands in Scriven county, Tai
| bot county, Morgan county, Chatham
| county, and in one or two other places in
| the State
| DR.. J. S. Lane, of Aurlln, has some rich
| specimens of gold. He exhibits several
rocks OF the quartz family, every nook and
| Granny Of which fairly shone with the yell
low virgin gold. Nuggets almost as large
| as "A number two shot could be extracted
| from several clefts in the rocks, and smaller
| ones scattered in PERCUSSION all over it. The
doctor says that it is a fair sample of VEN
which he has recently discovered in about a
mile of the old Fountain camp ground ON
the line of Warren and McDufiic counties
1t is as rich as any from the noted mines in
California, and promises to rival the mineral
wealth of Golconda.
AT Macon Saturday argument in the in
junction case of Henry Horne against the
Mayor and City Council of Macon, to pre-
vent their signing the water contract, was
concluded before Judge Simmons i'll cham
beIs. City Attorney Patterson and Hon.
George W. Gustin appeared for the defense,
and put forth the plea that the Mayor had a
perfect right to sign the contract, as it was
not in any sense debit The defense claimed
the right both by act Of the Legislature and
by the absence Of any such act. Judge Sim
mons agreed with the defense and declared
that the injunction would not hold good,
and he refused to grant it
Office yet several insurance certificates of
agents who have not paid the special tax re-
quired by the law. The companies they
represent have paid abe taxes demanded of
them by the State, but these agents are yet
behind with the special tax required of
them. The certificates will not be sent them
until they do pay, and their names will be
published in a few days unless they come
forward and pay the special amount. The
mn tnJ iS a ifntnprt anf and gbnnlH
receive special attention, as the agents have
no authority to transact business under the
law until these special taxes have been
fully and completely met.
"A son of A. c.. Durham, of WatlIinsville
while on the creek on Friday last, caught
very large and strange bird The bird
seemed to be very tame, and flew up to
Durham, Jr., and remained quiet until
picked up. When carried home it was
turned loose, and walked around and played
with the chickens as pet pigeon would.
The head of this bird was as large as and
shaped like that of an eagle The bird was
perfect from head to tip of wings; the legs
were only two inches in length, the feet were
like those of chicken; the general color
was beautiful snuff, and it measured four
feet from tip to tip of wings The bird
seems perfectly happy with the chickens and
preceded the wind storm only a few minutes.
Crawfordvile Democrat We were told
this week of a terrible encounter Miss Flynt,
of this county, had with Il snake one day
last week on the mountain at Hillman 1t
is said that she was slipping the balny
breezes of the evening, and while sitting on
tho ground she threw her arm back behind
her and at that instant she eSpied a good
sized black SNAKE crawling over her arm.
She Immediately knocked at the reptile to
free her arm, but as she struck at it the
holrid thing wrapped around her arm and
began TO squeeze tighter. She screamed for
help and her Mortified companions were
afraid to venture TO assist her. The brave
lady seized the snake by the neck and choked
it loose. She was not hurt, but badly
frightened.
A close calculation shows that there are
between 400 and 500 white families in
Albany. 1t is safe to say that there are at
least 495 families who hire their washing
done. The average cost Of washing per
| week, with soap and starch furnished to the
| washerwoman, is not less than 81 p. Many
| families pay more; very few pay less. But
| cut down the number of families to 400 AT
| 81 % per family per week the washing and
| ironing would then amount to 5000 "A week
| or S26, 900 a year This is a small estimate
and does not cover the cost of soap and
starch nor include the large number OF un-
married men who pay 81 a month for their
| washing. n lllOTt CON- eSUlllllUt WOulu
| doubtless show that not less than $500 is paid
out to the washerwomen of Albany every
| week.
Eatonton Messenger: A professedly brave
| young gentleman OF the town, so the report
| goes who had been on visit to some young
| ladies recently, ON his return to his room at
a late hour of the night, found himself sud
denly confronted by a human skeleton
| hanging by the neck over the center of the
| sidewalk. Witnesses say he did not tarry
| for an examination, but cried out, "Great
| spooks alive turned about and ran for
| dear life. DR.. Brown says when he first
heard him he thought it was his horse out
| on a rampage. Tho young man passed the
| doctors house running at the rate of 100
| yards in nine seconds the fastest time on
| record. The last heard of him that night,
he was at his boarding house lying at full
| length on a bench resting and cooling OIL.
| The thermometer registered that night 81 .
A work of great importance is being
| pushed at the Augusta factory On june
23 the work of taking out the old wheels
| (which We're nearly worn ont and did not
| give the power requisite) was commenced.
| A new wheel pit was commenced and two
huge iron flues erected thirty feet long and
eight feet wide. At the terminal of
! the flucS are three herCueau wheels
manufactured by the Hoyolie Machine
! Company. These wheels are enclosed in a
forbay, 81 feet long, 10 feet wide and feet
| in height. Around these two huge wheels
| an arch brick wall is being built When